Word: puritanly
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...fact that these critics act on a theory of art which does not countenance such tomfoolery. Only when art leads to a modification or intensification of sensibility is it distinct from Eliot's "superior amusement," or even more degrading, a virtue. Some people seem still to believe in Puritan fashion that reading the good book is in itself righteous...
...Institute; of a stroke; in Tucson, Ariz. Newsman Brown, who took over from an editor (John Revelstoke Rathom) who followed the "raise hell and sell newspapers" tradition, raised the Journal-Bulletin's moral sights instead, still sold a lot of papers (1956 combined circulation: 201,789). A journalistic puritan under whose guidance the Providence Journal Co. once kept a rival paper afloat for several months to avoid the evils of monopoly, Sevellon Brown regularly hired bright young men with graduate degrees (and paid so little that many quit after a short hitch), spent much of his time trying...
...Puritan into Purist. A painter friend of Hopper's, Guy Pene du Bois, pinpointed his genius way back in 1931: "Hopper denies none of the Anglo-Saxon attributes which are so strongly planted in his character. He has built an esthetic which expresses them directly. He has turned the Puritan in him into a purist, turned moral rigors into stylistic precisions." Du Bois' prophetic conclusion: "He will make many of the 'great' moderns seem like funny little reciters of fairy tales...
Winthrop House, in second place in the intramural league, faces Yale's Davenport College. The Puritans feature a strong running attack with fullback Ken Holmes running well on a combination of straight bucks and cross bucks. Guard Tom Pulvino, who played JV football for two years, leads a strong Puritan defense. House athetic secretary Earl Silbert reports, however, that Davenport is "very strong...
John Fisher scored in the first half on a pass from Bill Stone. In the second half, Stone tallied unassisted, and Fisher headed in the final Puritan score on a pass from Bob Keller...